Explore Outbreak Investigations Around The World: Case Studies In Infectious Disease Field Epidemiology Designed By Mark S. Dworkin Offered As Physical Edition

book is awesome. Each chapter is a written report of an outbreak investigation that has happened in the past, It is typically written from the doctors and/or EIS officers that were an integral part of the investigation, The cases covered were diverse, supplemented by research, and provided the nuanced steps specific to that disease including developing case definitions, implementing surveillance, and involving the media, My favorite parts are how they are written as if the author was recounting his or her experience in person with me, Some of the interesting outbreaks discussed were when this "unknown" disease was impacting cities at an alarming rate,

that disease was HIV/AIDS the anthrax scare postdiscovering and classifying Legionnaires' disease and using chat rooms when the internet was still newish to surveillance a syphilis outbreak.
This is one of the first required books from a class that I have read in its entirety, Outbreak investigation is one of the primary and most critical activities in epidemiology, Infectious disease outbreaks always require intense, rapid onsite response and gain front page headlines, Bacterial or viral outbreaks occur quickly, and students and professionals should know how to react, This title uses Field Epidemiology the application of epidemiology methods for unexpected health problems requiring fast, onsite investigation for timely intervention, .